Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. McKinley Williams v. Hon. Harold W. Follette, Warden of Green Haven State Prison, Stormville, N.Y.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 20, 1969No. 48, Docket 30964PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal by McKinley Williams from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Thomas F. Croake, J., denying, without a hearing, his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Reversed and remanded for a hearing to determine the voluntariness of Williams’ guilty plea.
*659On January 23, 1956, Mabel Cummings was held up with a toy pistol, raped, and robbed. Two days later Williams was arrested, and while in police custody he confessed. On March 16, 1956, he appeared in Bronx County Court and entered a plea of guilty on…
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